It used to be quite common this amount of support for clans, although I am not a clanner myself, I am glad TWI is ' reintroducing' this amount of support.

(I know they are not the only one, thats why I put some ' ' )

Compared to TWI it never really used to be common. Sure even Infinity Ward did invite modders and clans back in the days, but the amount of support and info we've got from TWI still outperforms anything i've seen during the years, including companies like Valve.

Back in the days the difference was mostly that the games were left moddable so the community could adapt by themselves.

I just saw the link recently and jumped in, had hoped it was an RO clan interviewing instead of some random bf2 guys that haven't even played the first game. I could smell the unappreciative attitude as soon as i got in though.
This is my opinions*